... are now exactly like that ocean of fish. But instead of an ocean full of many competing fish, there are now only five powerful ones. With these five “big fish� of media corporations, the communication of truth may be thrown off balance. Time Warner merges with Turner. Viacom merges with CBS. Disney merges with ABC. Merger mergers with Merger. Tongue-Twister? - Or a large fear from the public? Mergers have become rampant throughout the United States and all around the globe. Large media corporations are being gobbled up by even larger media corporations in a matter of months. With all this in light, ...

... would be based upon Toffler's thesis that information is the most valuable aspect our lives and that wealth is insignificant compared to the rewards of knowledge. There is an abudance of positions available to Canadians that cannot be completed by computers (at least, for the time being) and therefore, our standard of living and quality of life will not be depleted. Technology will either be the blessing or curse for society in the future, and depending on the position of our government, will we be able to make sure that our standard of living does not decrease. The deficit poses a severe problem in a country lit ...

... person’s existence on Earth,â€� he thinks to himself as he keeps reading. What Julie and John don’t know is that they’ve both used some to come up with their opinions. They both had strong initial feelings about the death penalty. And they both finished with those same feelings because they were the most satisfying. But Julie and John failed to try to learn about their opposing opinion. Without even realizing it, they both became victims of thobbing. Henshaw Ward termed thobbing for considering and evaluating ideas. “The term combines the th from thinking, the o from opinion, and the b from believingâ ...

... Intellect is often thought to be "smartness". An intellectual is thought to be, in some minds, an "academic genius". But in fact the essence of intellect is common sense. In all everyone has common sense but the intellect has a plethora of it. Common sense is intellect. Common sense is logic, reason, and judgment. Intellect is logic, reason, and judgment. The power of knowing is logic, reason and judgment. Intellect is the power of knowing, intellect is common sense. log·ic: the science of correct reasoning; science which deals with the criteria of valid thought. Intellect is logic. The intellect will always ...

... thought. The agricultural government knew that the majority of different foods lay widely on the geographical field, thus the historical ‘process of specialisation of a particular product’ became large scale, even regional- when before it had been produced for domestic purposes. This introduced a capitalist commodity, whereby a profit is made from trade, termed “waged labour�. This capitalist commodity affected a range of changes. Firstly there were geographic and historical changes between the links of the United Kingdom and its international setting which resulted in a social relationship between ...

... is that of a good citizen. a leadership should portray the highest level of citizenship. Being a good citizen means obeying the laws of the community you live in and enforcing them to a certain degree as well. The use of drugs is illegal nation wide and so a leader is not setting the proper example or being a good citizen if he or she participates in the use, sale, or is associated with drugs. A leader should not order or tell his subordinates to do anything in which he can not do or does himself. If a leader explains the hazards of drug use and why not to use or be associated with them he should foll ...

... is rapidly growing and advertisements will become more apparent in our Internet usage. When advertising on the Internet, it is both the businesses as well as sites like search engines that profit. In 1995 when the Internet was not as highly recognized as is today, advertising totaled US$312 million. It is estimated that in the year 2000, advertising spending will increase to $5 billion and this money will go to search engines or smaller web sites that are allowing companies and businesses space to advertise their product or service. Businesses will profit from the use of because it is much cheaper and is mor ...

... a few years of each other. Isaac Newton was considered one of the great physicists all time. He applied calculus to his theories of motion and gravitational pull. He was able to discover a function and describe mathematically the motion of all objects in the universe. Calculus was invented to help solve problems dealing with "changing or varying" quantities. Calculus is considered "mathematics of change." There are some basic or general parts of calculus. Some of these are functions, derivative, antiderivatives, sequences, integral functions, and multivariate calculus. Some believe that calculu ...

... the major three groups, creating a situation of political unrest. This resulted in a military coup d’etat throwing out the Prime Minister and replacing him with a major Igbo General. The minorities wanted a political restructuring through states and they won. There was an Igbo secession from Nigeria forming Biafra in Eastern Nigeria including the Ogoni territory. A three-year civil war broke out after this over the natural resources held by the minorities especially the oil in the Ogoni territory. After this Nigeria went through several forms of Military governments and a public election in 1993 was conside ...

... prompted the formation of the Garment Worker Union. This was the first union of its kind, and helped organize campaigns demanding for shorter work weeks, fair pay, and paid holidays for the garment workers. In March of 1911, a fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in Manhattan. 146 garment workers perished in the fire. Days later, 80,000 people participated in a funeral procession up 5th Avenue. This tragedy, and its enormous public response, prompted the federal government to take action and establish control over the industry. In 1938, major legislation passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The ...